You must have a pretty sweet van.

What's the cost per hour for Uber? You could get an uber every night and give them a destination that's eight hours away, and then sleep in the back seat. Edit: four hours away, and then pin a note to your shirt telling them to bring you back when you arrive.

One of the best places we ever camped in California was in Chula Vista. It has probably changed for the worst since we were there, but it used to be a very nice place. I liked the beautiful weather, the small town feel of the square, the little one movie theater and the very friendly folks that lived there.

Yosemite is on my list as one of the National Parks I have not been too.

Good to see California has finally had some rain. Last time I was there, most of the state was dry, brown and ugly. A lot of the forest had burned in the southern part.

One thing they will never beat my hometown on is the water from the tap. We have the best water in the country. California water sucks. It would get expensive buying bottled water all the time.

Unlike traditional Taxi's, Uber charges from destination to destination, regardless of the time passed during the commute.

A 24 pack of 16oz bottles costs $3 dollars at Costco.

Furthermore, filters for water through a refrigerator cost $18 dollars for 300 gallons of water or six months usage.

And I hope you realize that there are more than 11 million people living in LA County and another 10 million in the LA Basin.

More than 4,600 cars and RVS were in use as living quarters this year in Los Angeles

Marin County is gorgeous. I lived in downtown SF a couple of summers while in college. Loved it. Got across the bridge often. Also lived across the bay in the San Mateo area and liked that also.

Agreed. My wife's from NorCal so I've been there several times and even proposed on Pier 39.

I lived in Berkeley during the summer of '93 and that was a blast.

I'm just saying it's a trend. Tons of vlogs and even a reddit sub category for van dwellers in SoCal. 4,600 is just an estimate. It's hard to point out a van dweller. I'm sure they don't go around bragging about it.

Good ****ing god, Dude. It's not a "trend".

Do you know why there are people living in their vehicles at the beach or around town? Because many CHOOSE to do so.

Also, you're not going to die in the climate when it rarely even reaches 50 degrees at night.

And 4,600 out of 11 million people is 0.000418182%.

People have been living in vans for a long time, especially in that part of the country where there isn't much winter. Also why the homeless population is so big there.

Just because it gets some ****ing press doesn't mean it's something that's new or a "trend."

Don't care how healthy you're trying to convince everyone you are, 6 months from now you're going to get a hankerin' for some QuikTrip.

Does California pay everyone like 300k or something? How is it even possible financially?

I wish. Roommates, rent control and the further East or away from the major cities you live, the cheaper it gets.